Replying to a message of Roger Nelson to Bob Ackley:

 A>>> RN> Yeah, I heard that was expensive.  Even my doctor wants
 A>>> to RN> "cure" my hypertension with medication,
but I truly
 A>>> believe RN> all I need to do is shed a few more pounds and
 A>>> everything RN> will be normal -- or as normal as it can be
 A>>> for my age.

 BA>> That plus exercise will help a lot.

 RN> Absolutely!  I get my lion's share walking and bowling.

From the 2010 Farmer's Almanac: "If your dog is getting fat you aren't
getting enough exercise." 

 BA>> I suspect I could probably get off my diabetes meds now
 BA>> that I've dropped down to 165 or thereabouts.

 RN> I don't know if I would if I were you, but you know your
 RN> body better than anyone else.  What are the drawbacks?

Just expen$e.  Plus I'd rather not be taking any meds if I don't really
need them.

 BA>> I don't think Plavix is off patent yet, so there shouldn't
 BA>> be any (legal) generics of it yet.  There are similar
 BA>> drugs, such as coumadin, but I think that's still on
 BA>> patent too.  Right now - and subject to change at any whim
 BA>> of the government despite its expressed and implied
 BA>> promises - my prescription drugs are still free.

 RN> In that case, I could get their toll-free number for you and
 RN> you could call them before deciding on what you want to do. 
 RN> Anyone who put in their 20 should get what they were
 RN> promised.  The politicians get theirs.

20 years, 6 months, 11 days, 13 hours and 40 minutes.  About .

 BA>> It's around $2.49/gallon in this area - or at least it was
 BA>> a bit over a week ago when I last bought some (I don't get
 BA>> out much and don't use nearly as much gasoline as I used
 BA>> to).  IIRC it was around $2.10 the beginning of last year
 BA>> - but of course there's no inflation because the
 BA>> government says so.

 RN> Our prices rose another 2 cents for regular just yesterday. 
 RN> I should have put gas in my car Sunday when premium was
 RN> $2.73.9 and didn't, so yesterday at the same station, I
 RN> paid $2.81.9 for it.  That's some bump in premium prices in
 RN> just two days, isn't it?

As I noted in another post yesterday, heating oil is up to $2.565/gallon
as of Tuesday morning.  That's up from $1.88 a year ago - but there's
no inflation, sayeth the government.

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